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Pakistan student killed over 'blasphemous' Facebook post

Crime scene video showed dozens of men near the dorm throwing objects at a body on the ground

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Updated: 10:53 AM MDT Apr 15, 2017

Abdul Wali Khan UniversitySOURCE: Abdul Wali Khan University

Pakistan student killed over 'blasphemous' Facebook post

Crime scene video showed dozens of men near the dorm throwing objects at a body on the ground

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Updated: 10:53 AM MDT Apr 15, 2017

A student was killed by an angry mob at a Pakistani university campus on Thursday over accusations that he'd posted blasphemous content on social media. Two other students were targeted by the same crowd and survived.

The attack is the latest in a series of incidents in the predominantly Muslim country.

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Mashal Khan, a journalism student, was allegedly beaten, shot and thrown from the second floor of his dorm at Abdul Wali Khan University.

"Eight students were presented before an anti-terrorism court in Mardan over murder and challenging the writ of the state," public prosecutor Rafiullah Khan said to the AFP news agency on Saturday.

Four more people have been arrested.

Crime scene video showed dozens of men near the dorm throwing objects at a body on the ground.